IDEA EXCHANGE STILL NEEDED Se Page 4 Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom Dati SNOW FLU(,RRIES, COLT? Vou LXIX, No.6ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6,1958 FIVE CENTS SIX PAG I i I 1I I .> 1 VALLEY REPRESENTATIVES: Agencies Approve Plan For Huron River Study By RALPH LANGER The proposed Lower Huron River study received approval from two state agencies last night. The State Health Department and Water Resources Commission expressed approval of an outline for the study submitted by the S ays Labor' M y Boss In Congress NEW YORK WJ) Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield said last night the nation "teeters on the precipice of a labor-bossed Congress." Unless businessmen move ac- tively into politics, he said, union influence "will come t dominate the halls of Congress and, heaven forbid, eventually perhaps the White House itself. " The Nov. 4 election, he said, was won not by the Democratic Party as such, but by "union boss- es with the help of the Democrat Party" "The bald truth," he continued, "is that America today teeters on the Precipice of a labor-bossed Congress -not Congress under either of the present politieal Par- through the years. This means ties as the have been known that the Congress will not be guided by the traditional prin- ciples of either party." He pictured organized labor as "gathered up in phalanx, its mil- lions of dollars and thousands of trained Political manipulators drawn up in battle formation to seize control over our governmen- tal processes." Summerfield said, "It is high time that the American people de- mand that the political activity of organizedtlabor be brought within reasonable bounds, and clearly governed by law. In particular, he said it must be made unlawful "for labor bosses to be permitted to spend union dues in political efforts that are often in direct opposition to what the dues-paying union member him- self wants." He told the dinner meeting that "the businessmen of our country, by holding back from active parti- cipation in politics, are only con- tributing to the destruction of the way of life in which they believe and on which they depend." Union Heads Reelected PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (MP - Two Teamsters Union leaders who were chxarged by a Senate committee with misappropriating union funds were reelected overwhelmingly in their local's election. Raymond Cohen was returned as Secretary-Treasurer of the 14,- 000 member Local 107 of the Teamsters, while Joseph Grace was reelected President of the powerful local, Official election returns as an- nounced yesterday by the union, showed Cohen elected to his sec- ond- five-year term by a vote of 8.261 to 1,532, The secretary-treas- urer is the recognized boss of the local, Grace, president of the local since 1933, won by a count of 8,136 to 1,516 for a combined opposition. Cohen pleaded the Fifth Amend- ment last summer in his appear- ance before the Senate Rackets Committee. Union Hosts Technical 'Advisory Subcommittee of the Huron River Watershed In- tergovernmental Committee. The intergovernmental commit- tee closely questioned representa- tives of the two state agencies concerning the prospects for ac- ceptance of any plan which might be developed by the engineering firm conducting the study, Black and Veatch, of Kansas City, Mo. Ronald Pierce of the Stater Health Departnent explained that the agency could not give blanket approval of "anything the firm might come up with but that con- cerning prospects of an acceptable plan being developed were as good as they ever will be."' Several members of the Inter- governmental Committee, which is made up of representatives of +com- munities in the Huron Valley from Ann Arbor to Lake Erie, expressed fear that the study might be made and the solutions developed would prove unacceptable to the state and the money for the study wasted. No Guarantee Given Pierce pointed out that, his agency had worked with this engi- neering firm in the past in Michi- gan and the plans worked out werebacceptable and were in prac- tice but that he could not guaran- tee anything "sight unseen." The Intergovernmental group was formed at state request to study the water problems faced in the river valley by increased popu- lation and water usage. The popu- lation of the area has increased by about 40 per cent. The state was concerned that if each small community developed its own solution the result would. be a myriad of small projects. A' Messtah Set For Today The 26th annual presentation of+ Handel's Messiah will be given in two performances," at 8:30 p.m.{ tonight and 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Aud. Singing voices of 330 members of the Choral Union will join the University Musical Society Or- chestra on a stage built over the present stage to enlarge the area. Both groups are comprised of stu- dents and A'nn Arbor residents;: the orchestra plays only for this Christmas season event. Lester McCoy is director and Mary McCall Stubbins will ac-I company the Choral Union. Soloists for the Messiah are Nancy Carr, soprano; Florence Kopleff, contralto; John McCol- lum, tenor; and Kenneth Smith, bass. McCollum has appeared in the Ann Arbor May Festival and Smith has sung the Messiah here before. All seats have been sold for both performances, but there is still standing room available. request was made for a compre- hensive survey and solution to the problem. The proposed study is aimed at this comprehensive out- look. Announcement was made at the meeting that the community rep- resentatives forming the commit- tee, including Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti agreed to attempt to raise a total of $17,500 among their respective communities. Industry To Help- The remainder of the estimated $35,000 necessary to finance the study will come from gifts, grants and privateindustry, according to Guy C. Larcom, Jr., Ann Arbor City Administrator. Pierce stressed the fact that the study would present possible solu- tions on a conceptual basis and that construction plans would be developed from the accepted plan from the study. Vincent Madison, head of Area Development for Detroit Edison, volunteered his services to serve on a committee to interest indus- try in the project. Comment was made by partici- pants that industry has a stake in the river quality and that they should bear part of the cost. StrongCivil' Rights Plan Z~~ruman RALEIGH, N. C. (M - Former President Harry Truman said yes- terday he believed the Democratic Party kwillhave a strong civil rights plank in its 1960 platform and that the South will not run out on the party. However, he said he did not agree with Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler who said recently that the South could either accept a strong plank on the civil rights issue or get out of the party. - "I think the civil rights plank we had in 1956 was a good one," said Truman. "The South stayed with it and it will again. It will be a strorg plank, you can be sure of that." But, he added, "I'm not reading anyone out of the Democratic Party." The former President was here to speak to the State Literary and Historical Association. He held a press conference for about 100 newsmen.- Among other things, Truman said: 1) The way to deal with the Russians in the Berlin crisis "is to take a strong stand. We simply need an iron fist stronger than theirs." 2) Vice-President Nixon is his choice for the GOP Presidential nomination in 1960 "because heI would be the easiest to beat." PROF. G. E. DENSMORE ... retiring chairman Densmore Announces Retirement. Prof. G. E. Densmore will retire as chairman of the speech depart- ment in February after 20 years in that position. "I have asked to be relieved of chairmanship duties," Prof. Dens- more said. The literary college has accepted his request, Dean Rodger Heyns said yesterday. No successor to Prof. Densmore has been named yet, Dean Heyns said, although "extensive consul- tation" with the speech depart- ment concerning a new chairman has begun. If a chairman is not found by February, a temporary chairman will be appointed. Prof. Densmore said he asked to be relieved of his chairmanship duties because he wanted to spend his last four years at the Univer- sity in writing, teaching and re- search. He has four and a half more years before the end of his active university service. He has been with the University since 1921. Reds Detain' Army Pilot In Germany East-West Dispute On Berlin Sharpens BERLIN (P) - The East-West dispute over Berlin sharpened yes- terday with detention of ahUnited States Army pilot by the East German Communists. The capture of Lt. Richard Mackin of Washington, D. C. was belatedly acknowledged two days after he became lost on a flight; near the East-West border and radioed he was having to bail out.- An East German official hint-, the American might be used as a hostage to aid the satellite re- gime's drive for recognition by the western powers. United States of- ficials in Berlin at once made clear they would not negotiate with the East Germans for his re- lease. The explosive issue in the Berlin crisis centers on Western refusal to negotiate with the East Ger- mans - even on the vital right of access to this isolated city 110 miles inside East Germany, West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, here to rally the West Berliners against the Communist threat, declared that the United States, Britain and France would stick by their pledges to Berlin. After conferring with Adenauer and Foreign Minister Heinrich Bretano, West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said he told the chancellor his administration will give a clear "no" to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's proposal to make West Berlin a neutral, free city. Allies Split In Question O 0f Red V eto U.S. ROCKET *.. firing successful OEEC: Europeans Plan Taks On Trade LONDON (M)-The main nations of non-Communist Europe last night rushed preparations for spe- cial economic talks to stave off a trade war looming next year. A British treasury announce- ment said the ministerial council of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) will meet in the near future. The stated purpose: to discuss temporary working arrangements between the six members of the common market--which goes into business Jan. 1-and the remain- ing other OEEC countries. Behind the treasury announce- ment lies a story of British-French economic rivalry. The British had proposed a small meeting of key European economic leaders to be held next week under the chair- manship of Britain's Reginald Maudlin'. But they have had to bow to France's insistence on wider talks to be presided over by Walter Hall- stein of West Germany, which is a member of the common market. The threat of a trade war flows from the plans of the six common market countries to cut tariffs by 10 per cent and raise import quotas by 20 per cent among each other. Rocket May Soar Far Past Moon Successful Launching May Produce First Artificial Planet Circling Sun CAPE CANAVERAL (4) - A huge, bullet-shaped Army rocket thundered skyward early today, carrying space probe Pioneer III on a journey that could cover almost half a mil- lion miles. The mission of this first of two Army space tests was to push-a 13-pound satellite past the moon and deep into outer space where it could swing into an orbit around the sun. To Become Planet If the daring stab into space is successful, Pioneer III would travel farther than any other man-made object and become the first artificial planet. The Juno II missile roared aloft with a dazzling flash of white flame and smoke at 12:45 a.m. Scientists hope to gather more vital information about an intense field of ra- diation above the earth and to Professors see just how far their space probe could goJnA sk AA U P , The 60-ton rocket called Juno II, was composed of a modified Jupiter Intermediate Range Ba- listic missile as the booster stage, F topped by three stages of solid fuel Sergeant rockets. Same as Juj iter EAST LANSING (AP)-A group of Michigan State University pro- The upper stages were practi- fessors has written to the Ameri. cally identical to those used in can Association of University Pro- the Jupiter-C rockets that hurled fessors to complain of changes in three Explorer earth satellites into courses and curricula and "ar- rbe missile was in sight for bitrary action" by the administra- more than three minutes before About a dozen professors in th it suddenly puffed out of sight, college of engineering and the de- This apparently was burn out of partment of. communication skills the first stage Jupiter engine. reportedly are involved. The rocket climbed on 150,000 rof. Loi invofh. pounds of thrust generated by thet Prof. Louis Joughin of the na- Jupiter's liquid fueleni. tional association, said he had re- J upiel, el engine eived information indirectly that In effect, the Army missile men there was som~e unrest among the# aimed Pioneer III directly at the MSU faculty. moon but because of the uncon- No Action trollable errors involved in celes- tial mechanics the chances of We are not taking any actlon, hitting it were slight, he said, '"because we have not re- Cross Moon Path ceived fromany faculty member If all went well, the probe would at Michigan State any complaint moeor statement. cross the path of the moon, more We do not ordinarily pay too than 220,000 miles away, after a much attention to complaints un- flight of 33 hours, 45 minutes. less they come directly from the Then it wassupposed to shoot teachers involved," he said. on to more than 400,000 miles "We have a chapter at East away where, the Army hoped it Lansing and they can write us if would go into a distant orbit they desire," he sail. around the sun. He said the association concerns The launching came in the itself principally with the prdfes- wake of three Air Force attempts sional positions of teachers, add- to orbit the moon without suc- ing "I have not heard of any jobs cess. Pioneer I came closest Oct. in jeopardy there." 11 when it penetrated 79,000 miles out into space. Preserve Anonmity r He came to the University as an GENEVA (') -- The United assistant in the geology and edu- States and Britain differed yester- cation departments in 1921 and day over the veto power which became an instructor in the speech Russia demands in the proposed department the next year. He was commission for policing a nuclear appointed an assistant professor weapons test ban. in 1927, associate professor in Delegates met in a drafting 1934, and in 1939 -was made a full committee to work out the open- professor. His major field of inter- ing articles of a treaty for a con- est is public speaking. . trolled suspension of tests. Prof. Densmore will begin a The three powers clearly have semester's sabbatical leave in Feb- come to an understanding that ruary. the commission should perma- nently reflect their present pre- P e Cdominant status in nuclear arma- ments. But they are split over details. e a The Soviet Union wants all other nations permanently ex- B etting R included from membership. It also expects each of the Big Three na- PONTIAC (P) -Police arrested tions to hold veto power over the 40 to 50 persons yesterday in a control system. crackdown on the numbers racket The United States and Britain, in this city of 80,000. which favor election of other na- Detective Richard Evans, who tions as non-permanent members, said "the ring is smashed," esti- are united in their determination mated that the group did a two to oppose any Russian veto on in- and one-quarter million dollar spection teams' movements and business annually. reports. FOOD STRIKE OVER: S tockwellites Peacefully File into Dining Room By JEAN HARTWIG Stockwell Hall's "Five Side" quietly filed into the dining room as usual for dinner last night. Thursday's "sit down strike" protesting against a menu featuring veal cutlets was apparently over, as the 200 women ate a dinner of fish sticks, braised city chicken on salisbury steak. "We are definitely not planning any further demonstrations," Lenore Richards, '59, Stockwell's president, said, explaining that the! SHouse Council decided nt lr amt IHC-ASSEMBLY SING: Cook-Williams Choir ing Thursday that the protest had been enough to show their feelings about the food. L2V , Schaadt To Speak Fins Song JFest At the request of the Council, 1Leonard A. Schaadt, business manager of the residence halls, will speak to the house at a meet- By KENNETH McELDOWNEY Phillip A. Duey, director of the ing Wednesday. The Martha - Cook - Williams University's Men's Glee Club. "We had already planned to have Choir took first place honors at the The winning choir received a the meeting before Thursday's Interhouse Council-Assembly Sing total of 112 points of the possible demonstration," Miss Richards last night. 150. The Jordon - Adams group" said, "but since then we put Mr. Under the direction of Ardith compiled 108 points with the Schaadt first on the program. He S. Watts, '60 SM,accompanied byjKleinstueck-Huber choir receiving will answer any questions the girls S98. Each judge had a total of 75 may have." Cook-Williams group sang "Love points which he might distribute. After meeting with the Stock- Is A Many Splendored Thing" Both houses of the winning well Council, Schaadt attributed from the film of the same name. group received trophies at the he passive resistance to "a lack of The Jordon-Adms Choconclusion of the sing. The Cam- good understanding and communi- Th odnAasCorsinging cation between the students and "Laura" came in second and the pus Broadcasting Network recorded staff." combined Kleinstueck and Huber the entire concert and will make House group took third place.'records available to all interested , enus Houselropstook tird plme in purchasing them. Asked about the planning of the Prof. James H. Platt, formerly of the MSU faculty and now at Northeast Missouri Teachers Col- lege, said he acted as an inter- mediary in forwarding the com- plaints by the group to "preserve their anonymity.". Copies of the letter were sent to two Michigan legislators, a Re- publican and a Democrat. It bore no official signature. Prof. Harold Hart, chairman of the MSU chapter of the AAUP said there was no protest by the local chapter but that individual members might have sent such a letter. The statement from the college of engineering group said in part that "suddenly a new and dif- ferent curriculum appeared with no discussion by the department faculty and without their con- sideration." IIt said the new curriculum was "seemingly drawn up in secret jmeetings." Ga lens Hope To Reach Goal Of $S7,000 Approximately $3,000 was col- lected yesterday during the first day of Galens annual bucket drive, Robert Gove, '59Med., chairman of the drive, said. The honorary medical society hopes to reach its goal of $7,000 today. Buckets will be manned on - m u -_ -A MA